Peshmerga

BAS News - 2017-08-09 16:58 ERBIL — Those who are campaigning against the planned referendum on Kurdistan’s independence do not even deserve a response as they act against what the Peshmerga has made sacrifices for, said Sheikh Jafar Mustafa, a leading member of the Patriotic Union ... 64

BAS News - 2017-08-08 19:11 ERBIL— Kurdistan Region's President Masoud Barzani reiterated on Tuesday that Kurdistan Peshmerga forces will continue safeguarding the coexistence among the components as their national and humane duty. As he received a delegation from the Arabic al-Sha ... 68

BAS News - 2017-08-07 15:17 ERBIL — A Kurdish official has revealed a new plan by the Islamic State (IS) militants to establish a new front and area of military influence in southern Kirkuk province as the group has suffered serious defeats elsewhere. Head of Kurdistan Democratic P ... 61

BAS News - 2017-08-07 09:05 ERBIL — A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter was killed as the result of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by the Islamic State (IS). The bomb went off late on Sunday while a military engineering team of the Peshmerga forces were busy defusing the expl ... 54

BAS News - 2017-08-06 16:20 KIRKUK — One Peshmerga troop was killed and three others were wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the town of Daquq, southern Kirkuk, a Peshmerga commander said on Sunday. According to the commander, who spoke to Kurdistan24 an ... 57

ANHA - 2017-08-05 19:38A military leader in the Peshmerga forces Haydar Shisho has urged Şengal people to migrate from their homeland in case to they did not join Başûr Kurdistan Region, in a clear indication that the region’s government is striving to displace forcibly Yazidis ... 77

BAS News - 2017-08-05 19:00 ERBIL- The fire which broke out Saturday evening in Erbil was not a "terrorist" attack, according to an official statement. The fire event in a warehouse of Zeravani Peshmerga force on 60 Meter Street burnt and generated a thick smoke in the area, reads ... 63

BAS News - 2017-08-05 11:16 SINJAR — PKK forces in Khanasor district of Sinjar opened fire at two civilians from Zummar district, north-east of Sinjar on Thursday, killing one of them and wounding the other. Badal Bandi, commander of Roj Peshmerga in Sinjar, told Kurdistan 24 that ... 67

BAS News - 2017-08-04 17:53 KIRKUK — Three members of Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga forces died on Friday as a result of improvised explosive device that went off in Kirkuk province, according to a local security source. “Two bombs went off while Peshmerga forces were conducting a s ... 69

BAS News - 2017-08-04 08:55 ERBIL— Dozens of Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an air raid against an IS fort west of Kirkuk Thursday. A press release by the Peshmerga forces in Western Kirkuk Battlefield indicated that the airstrike was carried out by coalition warplanes ... 73

KurdPress - 2017-08-03 11:22The chief of staff of the defense ministry of Kurdistan region stated that the military forces of Iraq began operation against the IS terrorist group in order to retake the city of Tal Afar in the northwestern part of the country and have already liberate ... 27

BAS News - 2017-08-01 17:13 ERBIL — The Kurdish Peshmerga forces will not retreat from the areas for which they have made ultimate sacrifices, said commander Sarbast Trwanshi. The Peshmerga forces liberated these areas from the Islamic State (IS), and they are now responsible for t ... 56

BAS News - 2017-08-01 10:57 Peshmerga ministry will soon proceed to enforce the plan ERBIL — Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani approved the plan which was proposed by the International Coalition members for restructuring the Kurdish Peshmerga Forces. Brigadier General Hazha ... 66

Waar Media - 2017-07-30 12:58 WAAR-DUHOK: The Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga forces on Saturday repelled an attack by the Islamic State (ISIS) extremists near Khurmatu, south of Kirkuk. The Peshmerga forces on Saturday thwarted an IS attack on its front lines in Zarga village, near the ... 64

BAS News - 2017-07-30 09:30 A number of insurgents were killed TUZ KHURMATU — The Kurdistan Region Peshmerga forces last night repelled an attack by the Islamic State (IS) militants in Tuz Khurmatu, killing a number of extremists. The confrontations took place late on Saturday in Z ... 75

Lawk Ghafuri - 2017-07-27 16:59Photo Source:- UK.gov.krd By Lawk Ghafuri For many years Kurdistan people sacrificed their lives for our Kurdish land, that started hundred years ago when Peshmerga started their fight against various enemies of Kurds in early 1920s, as they fought agains ... 69

Waar Media - 2017-07-27 14:26 WAAR-DUHOK: A number of ISIS militants wearing Peshmerga clothing stormed a village near Daquq town in southern Kirkuk, killing several people. Early Thursday morning the militants had attacked the house of a Kakai Kurd in the village of Liheb resulting ... 62

BAS News - 2017-07-26 16:55 ERBIL— Kurdistan Peshmerga forces protect Sinjar and this renders the presence of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Shi'ite paramilitaries pointless, said the commander of the all-female Yezidi battalion, the Roj(Sun) Force. In an interview with ... 60

BAS News - 2017-07-25 16:10 ERBIL — US Department of Defence has ensured Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of its continued military support for the Peshmerga forces as they have been playing a critical role in the international anti-Islamic State (IS) efforts, said a Peshmerga o ... 72

BAS News - 2017-07-24 14:14 DIYALA — Four Peshmerga troops were injured as a result of an improvised explosives device (IED) during their task of inspecting the security situation of an area in Qara Tapa district of Diyala province. Mohammad Omar, a local official from Qara Tapa, t ... 49

KurdPress - 2017-07-22 15:36The former Iraqi Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Babekir Zebari, stated that the demands from the Kurdish forces of Peshmerga to quit the regions they have liberated from the terrorist group of the Islamic State (IS) is in contrast to former deals ... 56

BAS News - 2017-07-22 14:13 KIRKUK — The US-led coalition warplanes bombarded on Friday military positions belonging to the Islamic State (IS) militants in southwestern Kirkuk province, killing and injuring a number of jihadists. Peshmerga command on the frontline said in a press r ... 79

BAS News - 2017-07-22 14:13 Maliki is trying to elude the charges as part of his electoral campaign ERBIL — A Kurdish member of the Iraqi parliament stated that the Iraqi former PM Nouri al-Maliki’s recent statements against Kurdistan Region and Peshmerga are an attempt to cover hi ... 70

BAS News - 2017-07-21 19:50 ERBIL — Iraq’s Ambassador to the US, Farid Yassin, has said that the liberation of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) militants would have not been achieved without the vital role of Kurdish Peshmerga forces. “The great victory [Mosul liberation] would no ... 61

BAS News - 2017-07-20 10:48 ERBIL — A Kurdish official announced the liberation of four Peshmerga detainees held by the Islamic State (IS) militants in Mosul. Ismat Rajab, head of Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) branch office in Mosul, stated that the Iraqi troops discovered on ... 93

Waar Media - 2017-07-19 14:02 WAAR-DUHOK: Kurdish Peshmerga delegation to France has thanked the administration in Paris for its support to Erbil in the war against Islamic State (ISIS). Peshmerga commander of Makhmour-Gwer frontline, Sirwan Barzani revealed on his Facebook account t ... 65

BAS News - 2017-07-19 12:03 ERBIL — Kurdish Peshmerga delegation to France has thanked the administration in Paris for its support to Erbil in the war against Islamic State (IS). Peshmerga commander of Makhmour-Gwer frontline, Sirwan Barzani revealed on his Facebook account that th ... 79

BAS News - 2017-07-18 18:02 ERBIL— Using plaster, wood and stone, a Kurdish young Peshmerga troop is trying to recreate the beautiful nature of the Kurdistan Region and its tourist attractions in artistic maquettes. "I was born and grew up in a magical nature; I live in a land to w ... 32

Lawk Ghafuri - 2017-07-17 20:49At World Economic Forum as a Young Kurd and Shaper, I had the chance to represent Kurdistan Region and Global shapers Erbil Hub which held in Amman Capital city of Jordan. During the 3 days of the conference, I had meetings with some international and reg ... 19

Lawk Ghafuri - 2017-07-17 20:49Photo Source: Scott Peterson/Getty Images By Lawk Ghafuri Since the end of WWI until the fall of Baathist Regime in Iraq, Kurdistan Region fought for their freedom against Baghdad, as many revolutions have been implemented by the Peshmerga forces all lead ... 15

BAS News - 2017-07-17 18:57 ERBIL— In a letter to Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani, Mosul Operation Commander Abdulamir Yarallah thanked Barzani and valued his role and the contribution of the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces in retaking the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS). I ... 24

BAS News - 2017-07-17 14:37 ERBIL — A joint Iraqi-Kurdish delegation is visiting Washington to meet with US officials to discuss a number of security issues. The delegation includes representatives of the Iraqi prime minister's office, military officials as well as representatives ... 85

BAS News - 2017-07-17 13:12 KIRKUK — For Hawija operation, there needs to be a full coordination between the Iraqi army and Peshmerga forces, said a Peshmerga commander on Monday. Kamal Kirkuki, Commander of Peshmerga Forces in Kirkuk’s southern front line, told BasNews that close ... 40

KurdPress - 2017-07-17 09:31Kemal Kirkuki, the commander of the western axis of Kikuk called for cooperation between the Kurdish forces of Peshmerga, Baghdad and the international anti-IS coalition to liberate Hawije, a city n the north of Iraq. ... 58

BAS News - 2017-07-16 17:08 ERBIL— Kurdistan Peshmerga forces have set all the arrangement for participating in the battle for retaking the town of Hawija, south of Kirkuk, from the Islamic State (IS) organization, said the commander for the Fourth Peshmerga Frontline in Southern K ... 54

Waar Media - 2017-07-16 13:22 WAAR-DUHOK: The Peshmerga troop who was released by the Islamic State (IS) in Kirkuk on Saturday was exchanged for four trucks of food and medicine supplies, according to a security source from Kirkuk. However, the security officials from the Patriotic U ... 68

BAS News - 2017-07-16 12:14 ERBIL — The Peshmerga troop who was released by the Islamic State (IS) in Kirkuk on Saturday was exchanged for four trucks of food and medicine supplies, according to a security source from Kirkuk. However, the security officials from the Patriotic Union ... 51

Ezîdî Press Kurdistan - 2017-07-15 22:54“They will die, they will all die”, said a concerned Ezidi citizen on camera while thousands of soldiers of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) were fleeing from the battlefield. It was August 3, 2014, the day on which the Islamic State overran the au ... 57

Kurdistan Human Rights Association - 2017-07-15 18:41According to a report from the Kurdistan human rights Association and statistics released by NNS ROJ and one of the institutions affiliated with the Ministry of Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Region, more than 12,000 Peshmerga have been killed and wounded in ... 73

BAS News - 2017-07-14 12:35 ERBIL — More than one thousand Peshmerga forces, wounded in the battle against Islamic State (IS), have been sent abroad for treatment over the past six months. Head of Peshmerga Ministry’s Health Directorate, Shamal Jabar Yawar, told BasNews “1012 wound ... 52

Waar Media - 2017-07-13 13:45 WAAR-DUHOK: The paramilitary of Hashd al-Shaabi released the three Kurdish Peshmerga fighters which were captured on Monday near Bashiq area in northern Iraq. Brigadier Halgurd Khidir, commander of the Peshmerga’s Safeen battalion, told Kurdistan24 on Tu ... 64

BAS News - 2017-07-12 20:38 ERBIL—The Islamic State (IS) fighters are planning for a comprehensive offensive in the Kurdish dominated areas of Diyala province and for that prospect the Coalition forces have promised to support the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, said a Peshmerga commande ... 63

BAS News - 2017-07-12 12:39 MOSUL — Kurdistan Region Peshmerga forces managed to successfully foil an offensive of the Islamic State (IS) and eliminate 17 militants late on Tuesday in Rabia region in north-west of Mosul near the Syrian border. The IS militants attempted to attack t ... 56

Waar Media - 2017-07-11 14:30 WAAR-DUHOK: A Peshmerga commander has said that 3 of their fighters have been arrested by the mainly-Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi in Bashiqa, northeast of Mosul on Monday. The commander of Safeen Command said that the incident happened in Pis Khrap area in Bas ... 56

Waar Media - 2017-07-11 14:30 WAAR-DUHOK: A leader of pro-government paramilitary forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) has threatened to use force against Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga troops to drive them out of areas recaptured from the Islamic State. Jawad al-Tleibawi, a senior leader of the P ... 58

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